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“THE RAVEN” SCANSIONDAY 1
5 March 2013 Miss Rice
Warm-Up
Underline the accented (louder) syllable in each of the following two-syllable words Example: Happy Happy Hello Superb Gerbil
What you need today: prefix chart, comma rule packet
*Block 4 please hand in your group presentations
*Block 4 please exchange papers back with the peer whose paper you edited
Agenda
Prefixes Comma Rules Scansion
CP Objectives 3/5
To learn and practice 2 new comma rules.
To understand poetry terms and sound devices.
To practice scansion. To identify rhyme, meter, and poetry
devices in lines of poetry.
Prefixes
Un Ex.- unfriendly, unfamiliar
Under Def.- under
Prefix Assignment
See assignment sheet and example…
10 words of your creation using our prefixes
Define these new words Talk about how you would use each word
Dishuggable
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Dates For dates, use a comma between the day of the
week and the month, between the day of the month and the year, and between the year and the rest of the sentence, if any.
Add commas to the example below
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
The war began on Thursday, January 17, 1991, with air strikes on Iraq.
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
NOTE: Do not use commas in inverted order or with dates consisting of only the month and year.
Examples 18 October 2007 Thousands of Germans swarmed over and through
the wall in November 1989 and effectively demolished it.
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Addresses and place-names In addresses and place-names, use a comma after
each part, including the state if no ZIP code is given. A ZIP code, however, is not
preceded by a comma. Add commas to the examples below
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Forward my mail to the English Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Portland, Oregon, is much larger than Portland, Maine.
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Titles Use a comma to set off a title such as M.D., Esq., and
so on from the name before it and from the rest of the sentence. The titles Jr. and Sr., however, are often not set off by commas.
Underline titles and add commas to the sentences below
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Jaime Smith, Ph.D., will speak at the anthropology conference.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of last century’s greatest orators.
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Numbers In numbers of five digits or more, use a comma
between each group of three digits, starting from the right.
Add commas in the example below
6. Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Ex. The city’s population rose to 17,126 in the 2000 census.
NOTE: Do not use a comma within house or building numbers, ZIP codes, or page numbers.
Ex. His parents live at 14711 Bayard Street, Richmond, Virginia 23233.
Turn to page 1566.
Homework
Sections 1-3 on the comma practice worksheet
Finish the scansion worksheet Prefix HW due Thursday
Warm-Up
Underline the accented (louder) syllable in each of the following two-syllable words Example: Happy Happy Hello Superb Gerbil
Poetry Terms and Sound Devices*Use pencils today!!!!!!!*Highlighters needed, too! (we have some if you don’t)1. In groups of 3, define as many of the
poetry terms and sound devices as you can on the front and back of the worksheet
2. Write in definitions as we debrief in the large group
3. Mark terms on the copy of the first 2 stanzas of “The Raven” as we go
Scansion
Mathematical equation Line lengths Step-by-step scansion process using the
samples
Scansion Practice
Example 1 in pairs Check as a class
Examples 2 and 3 independently and for HW
Exit Slip
What is the difference between line length and stanza length?
*Hand out dark romanticism unit test study guide
Homework
Sections 1-3 on the comma practice worksheet
Finish the scansion worksheet Prefix HW due Thursday